He had loved today’s dinner and should thank the hosts.
Gu Lao felt so sorry for him that he hugged and kissed him for a long time before letting the butler take him back to sleep.
Walking on the soft carpet, Zhou Chiyu imitated the adults, hands clasped behind his back, leisurely pondering the morning’s events.
“Uncle, how much pocket money do I have left?”
Butler Li was the Zhou Family’s longtime butler, who had cared for Zhou Chiyu since birth. He was very worried about Zhou Chiyu coming to the Gu Family alone, but fortunately, Zhou Lao’s last will hoped he would care for the child together with the Gu Family.
“You have plenty of pocket money, Young Master. You can buy anything.”
“I decide to pick a gift for Gu Yuan.”
Butler Li’s eyebrows rose slightly; he didn’t approve of Zhou Chiyu taking the initiative to be friendly. In his eyes, their Little Fish was the family’s precious baby, never having suffered grievances. There was no need to endure another child’s coldness for no reason.
But considering they were under someone else’s roof, he compromised.
“Is it because you want to be friends with him?”
“I made him angry today.” Zhou Chiyu’s thinking was simple. “I want to make him happy.”
In Zhou Chiyu’s world, Gu Yuan was angry because of him. He had cried from fear of getting in trouble and making Gu Yuan sick.
“Big brother is so skinny, not as fat as me.”
Zhou Chiyu was very satisfied with his figure. His dark eyes turned slyly. “Only if you’re full can you have the strength to beat monsters, right?”
Butler Li bent down and ruffled Zhou Chiyu’s little curly hair. “Little Young Master is right, but you still need to eat less chocolate ice cream.”
Zhou Chiyu huffed lightly. “Sly Fox Uncle.”
The next day, Zhou Chiyu knocked on Gu Yuan’s door with his gift.
The doctor saw Zhou Chiyu, and her eyes held more pity than yesterday.
Zhou Chiyu waved politely. “Pretty Doctor Auntie, can I see Brother Gu Yuan?”
To show his sincerity, he had specially changed into a pure white little prince suit. He had wanted to wear the brown formal attire, but for some reason, its size had shrunk, so he chose this pure white one.
The doctor was charmed by the little bow tie on his chest and led him to Gu Yuan’s bedside before going to organize Gu Yuan’s recent vital signs reports.
Gu Yuan was playing Go with the robot. Suddenly, a striking white figure entered his peripheral vision. He wrinkled his delicate little nose and eyed Zhou Chiyu warily. Normally, he would have yelled for Zhou Chiyu to get out, but remembering his father’s words from yesterday, he held back the cold remarks.
However, he had the right to ignore the little fatty in front of him.
He withdrew his gaze and deliberately turned his back to Zhou Chiyu, his attitude of keeping people at bay unmistakable.
“Hello, Brother Gu Yuan.”
Zhou Chiyu balanced the gift he had prepared on top of his little head and showed a sincere smile. “I have a surprise for you.”
Gu Yuan acted as if he hadn’t heard, raising his slender, frail wrist as he pondered where to place his next Go stone.
The fragmented sunlight poured down, falling on Gu Yuan’s face.
Zhou Chiyu stared at those pure amber eyes and was slightly entranced.
“Big brother, did you hear me?”
He cupped his hands into a little megaphone shape, tilted his head, and laughed. “Hello hello, is this Gu Yuan? I’m here to deliver your gift!”
The Intelligent AI Butler activated at that moment.
Sterilized soft wind circulated around the two of them.
Gu Yuan’s delicate, fragile hair strands swayed gently in the breeze, each one shimmering with faint gold in the sunlight.
Zhou Chiyu sighed inwardly once more—Gu Yuan was really so pretty.
Gu Yuan’s coldness didn’t extinguish his overtures. He waddled his little short legs to the other side of the bed, trying to get closer to Gu Yuan.
“Big brother, did you hear me?” He lay against the bed edge, tilting his head up and murmuring softly.
Gu Yuan propped his cheek and glanced at him quietly, finally uttering his first words of the day. “I don’t need your gift.”
Zhou Chiyu smiled mysteriously. “You definitely don’t know what the gift is, so you don’t like it yet.”
In his cognition, no one in the world disliked gifts.
He dashing-ly slicked back his little curly hair, leaving suspense. “Brother Gu Yuan, guess what’s inside.”
Though Gu Yuan wasn’t curious about the gift, he did wonder why Zhou Chiyu was giving it to him.
Hadn’t Zhou Chiyu cried his eyes out from fear yesterday?
Yet he dared to come proactively today.
Could it be—
Gu Yuan guessed it: his parents must have told Zhou Chiyu to come.
The adults hoped he would have a good friend.
But they didn’t know he didn’t want friends.
No one would want to be his friend.
He couldn’t play soccer with friends, couldn’t picnic with them, and even going out required all those messy medical instruments.
He hated being stared at by strangers; he’d rather stay in this room forever.
“Why are you giving me a gift?” Gu Yuan felt annoyed being stared at by Zhou Chiyu’s bright, spirited big eyes. “I don’t like you, you know?”
“I know.” Zhou Chiyu’s little head still balanced the gift, his chubby lips pursed gently. “Then do you know how heartbroken I am that you’re sick?”
Author’s Note:
Updates around 10 PM every night from now on~
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